When the Ottoman guards heard the sound, they immediately raised their shields, and even had large special shields covered with cotton wool to protect them from lead bullets, while other soldiers extended their spears or muskets to shoot.

Their defense method is absolutely effective against ordinary muskets and bows. The Ming cavalry will not do anything to them for a while, and then the subsequent cavalry and infantry will be reinforced.

But who knew that when the Ming cavalry rushed into the edges of these spacious trenches, they did not gather fire and fire, but instead a group of cavalrymen flashed out of the team and threw things into the spacious trenches.

As soon as the thing landed under the trench, thick smoke and sparks soon emerged, and then began to rotate.

The Ottomans held shields and other things to protect against bows and arrows, but such things that had never been seen before were not protected. Thick smoke sprayed in through the gap, and with just one breath, it would be choking.

Subconsciously, the Ottomans holding shields retracted their hands to cover their mouths and noses, slapped and sprayed them on their heads, and the sparks on their faces became a mess for a moment.

As a result, the things that were spraying with thick smoke and Mars fell to the ground. Just at the feet of the Ottomans, they began to rotate and spray thick smoke and Mars, causing even greater chaos immediately.

This is the first time the Ottomans have tasted this kind of firearm from the Ming Dynasty, and it is the enemy of ten thousand people.

The most suitable place for ten thousand enemies is city wall defense. If you throw it under the city wall, the enemy will enjoy the "influence" of poisonous smoke and fire under the city wall. Your own head will not be affected by the city wall.

Similarly, throwing ten thousand enemies into the trench dug by the Ottomans themselves would have the same effect as defending the city. Therefore, Sun Chuanting immediately thought of cracking down on the simple method of siege of the Ottomans.

Look, the Ottomans in the trench were chaotic by thousands of enemies, who was holding a shield?

The soldiers of the Ming army hit the three-eyed guns, four-eyed guns and five-eyed guns in their hands on the back of the horse. This kind of close-range attack is the most powerful of this multi-eyed gun.

In this way, almost as the Ming cavalry arrived here, the Ottoman guards were dealt with. They did not give up. At the same time, the cavalry also began to massacre cannon fodder that dug trenches.

Seeing that the Crimean Tatar cavalry was approaching, they roared and turned back into Baghdad city, leaving behind corpses. The smoke had not dissipated and was rising from the trenches to welcome the arrival of the Crimean Tatar cavalry.

The Ottoman Commander Faqil in the distance saw the battle situation clearly with a monocular lens, and was so angry that he wanted to fall the monocular lens.

He wanted to vent, curse, and deal with people, but in terms of this battle situation, there was no problem with the reinforcements of the Crimean Tatars. The problem was that the Ming army used a special firearm, which just happened to be able to restrain this kind of tactic of hiding in the trench!

"I can't do it!" Faqier looked at the Ming army flag flying on the top of Baghdad and said viciously, "If you have the ability, then you can waste it. It depends on who can waste it!"

Then, he readjusted his deployment and ordered his subordinates to dig multiple parallel warning trenches. If the Ming army attacked the front trenches, the troops on the rear trenches could be supported with bows and arrows and firearms, increasing the casualties of the Ming army.

I have to say that this is the case with the two sides. They fight each other when they see each other, and they will eventually depend on who is better and laugh to the end.

After seeing Facill's new tactics, Sun Chuanting gave up his plan to send troops out of the city and did not think about consuming troops with the Ottomans. Even if it was a one-to-three consumption ratio, he would not do it.

However, this also increased the amount of work for the Ottomans to dig trenches, and time was delayed.

Three days later, the Ottoman trenches were dug to a place less than half the range of the arrows from the city wall. In the past few days, the Ming army defending the city did not move, which made the Ottomans think that the Ming army had no choice, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people even flattered Faqier, saying that this move was good, so they saw that the Ming army had few troops and did not dare to fight against the Ottoman army. It was high, but it was really high!

Fachil was also proud of this. Of course, as the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, he did not show it superficially, but waved his hands indifferently with a faint expression, as if he was not concerned at all.

But who knew that at this moment, someone suddenly screamed: "Look, what is that?"

I saw something flying out from behind the walls of Baghdad. After a very beautiful parabola, it landed outside the city and smashed on one side of the trench.

When Faqier saw it, he was shocked. He immediately realized that this kind of thing was not a cannon, but a catapult!

That's right, it's a catapult, and it's a counterweight catapult, which means that the catapult with controllable range and higher accuracy is the kind.

Since the Ottomans dug a wide parallel trenches to guard against the Ming army to destroy the trenches, it is obvious that there were too many trenches outside the city, and the catapult cart was just enough to be used.

The Ming army gunner on the top of the city was the best at estimating the range of the catapult car. After seeing the distance of the first stone falling, he immediately issued rest and ejection parameters to the city.

In a short while, many stones rose into the air on the other side of the city wall, and with a whistling sound, they smashed into the spacious trenches where the soldiers were stationed outside the city.

Before, these Ottoman guards were already frightened when they saw the first stone that was smashed. Because they knew that they were hiding in the trench and were hit.

However, Persian emperors were beheaded for public failure due to their poor combat. Without military orders, they did not dare to flee back.

While hesitating, the first batch of stones fell down.

"ah……"

Accompanied by screams, many Ottomans were smashed into the trench and never came up.

When the other Ottomans saw it, they would still be in charge of military orders and not military orders. If they did not escape, they might die now. For a moment, they all escaped from the trench in a panic and fled back.

At this time, the muskets and bows on the top of the city began to greet these "rats" who escaped from the trench.

“Mush…”

"Bangbangbang..."

When all these movements were gone, there were only the moans of the injured and undead Ottomans on the battlefield.

The cheers of the Ming army sounded from the top of Baghdad. The Ottomans outside the city were very quiet.

Fachil looked as if he was staring at the Ming army flag fluttering in the wind on the head of Baghdad, as if he wanted to spray a torch from his eyes to burn them.

Five or six days have passed, and it has not threatened the Baghdad walls at all.

If this continues, once the food is in crisis, it will be dangerous!

At this moment, Faqier made a decision and no longer used any strategy. Since the troops were more than the Ming army, it would be hard to waste it!

So he immediately gathered to discuss matters and redeployed the combat strategy.

Away from the Tigris River, heavy troops were deployed to attack the city directly. On the other side of the city wall, tunnels began to be dug outside the range of the Ming army's bows, arrows and muskets, and digged until the city of Baghdad to blow up the city wall.

Such a two-pronged approach and combining strange and positive factors depends on how the Ming army responds. Even if it is consumed, it will consume all the combat power of the Ming army!

The next day, amid the sound of war drums, the Ottoman army that emerged from the array finally launched the siege battle dignified.

Teams of Ottoman infantry, holding shields, bows and arrows, or muskets, began to approach the Baghdad walls. Behind them were soldiers holding simple ladders.

On the Ming army, they were on high alert, and no one fired, and they quietly waited for the Ottoman soldiers to enter the range.

The deafening war drums sounded over Baghdad, and the fangs of war were revealed.

The Ottomans were obviously afraid of the artillery on the top of Baghdad. They did not dare to show up in large siege equipment, and even the charge formation was not dense. Since this was the case, the artillery on the Ming army had not been bombarded.

"Kill..." Outside the city, the Ottomans shouted to boost their momentum.

There was silent on the top of the city, as if there was no one. The one who was waiting for it seemed like a wooden man.

Finally, the Ottoman siege troops began to enter the fire range on the city, but Sun Chuanting did not issue a gun order, and the city was still quiet.

The Ottoman siege troops were getting closer and closer, and even reached the range of the Ottomans. While charging, they began to shoot at the top of the city.

At this time, I finally saw the commander flag on the top of the city.

The Ming soldiers immediately pulled the trigger.

“Mush…”

The dense gunfire sounded and the gunpowder filled the smoke, and the large-scale siege finally began.

Faqier had a gloomy face and looked at the battlefield with a monocular telescope in the distance. He continued to invest his troops, but he didn't believe that he would not cause large-scale damage to the Ming army.

However, to his great surprise, the war did not last long, and his men retreated.

Suddenly, Faqier was furious. This was simply a joke to regard his military law.

So he immediately roared to kill the generals of various troops to establish his authority.

As a result, this report said: "Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"

"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"

“…”

After hearing this, Faqier asked the next level officer to be responsible. In short, he would kill people to establish his authority.

As a result, it was the previous report.

"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"

"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"

“…”

Finally, Faqier came to his senses. The Ming army sniped the officers first, so the war just now seemed to be in a terrible way and retreated so quickly!

After figuring this out, Facher's eyes were really going to spit out!

Why is the Ming army in front of you so difficult to deal with?

This is actually easy to understand. This Ming army has been fighting in the country to Baghdad. All the local soldiers in the country had years of experience in war. From the time when the rifled flintlock rifle was invented, under the auspices of Zhang Mingwei, they challenged the sharpshooters in the army and specifically implemented the beheading tactics.
Chapter completed!